This is one of my favorite easy dinners.
It’s easy, filling, and uses ingredients I usually have around. Ground beef, cheese, tomatoes, onions, pizza crust – you really don’t need much more than that.
And I like that I can change it up depending on what we have. Add bacon and you’ve got bacon cheeseburger pizza. Use nacho cheese soup and taco seasoning and suddenly you’ve got a taco pizza.
It’s the kind of dinner that doesn’t require much thought.
And those are exactly the dinners I want in my back pocket.
Why This Cheeseburger Pizza Earns a Spot in My Back Pocket
A Back Pocket Dinner doesn’t have to be exciting.
This one checks a lot of boxes for me:
- Uses simple, everyday ingredients
- Takes about 30 minutes
- Doesn’t require much prep
- Easy to change depending on what you have
- Filling enough for dinner
- Something the whole family can usually agree on
- Easy to make again without thinking too hard abut it.
That’s all I need from dinner.
What’s in This Deep Dish Pizza?
You don’t need anything complicated for this one.
- Refrigerated thin pizza crust
- Cheese soup
- Ground beef or ground turkey
- Onion
- Garlic
- Diced tomatoes
- Shredded cheddar cheese
- Black olives
The cheese soup is what gives this pizza its cheesy base, so don’t skip it.
And, if olives aren’t your thing – leave them off. There are no rules here.
How to Make Deep Dish Pizza
Start by browning the ground beef with the onion and garlic. Once the beef is cooked, drain it.
While that’s cooking, grease a 13×9-inch baking dish and unroll the pizza crust into the dish. Pat the dough up the sides of the dish about 1/2 inch.
Give the crust a quick “head start” pre-bake in the oven – just 5-7 minutes, following the temperature and directions on the pizza crust package.
Then comes the good part…
Spread the cheese soup over the crust, then add the diced tomatoes, cooked ground beef mixture, shredded cheese, and black olives.
Pop it back into the oven and finish baking according to the pizza crust package directions.
That’s it.
You’ll end up with a cheesy, delicious pizza that feels a little different from regular pizza night without being any harder to make.
Deep Dish Cheeseburger Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 roll refrigerated thin pizza crust
- 1 can cheese soup
- 2 cans diced tomatoes, drained
- 1 pound ground beef or ground turkey
- ½ medium onion, finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 small can black olives, drained
Instructions
- Brown the ground beef, onion and garlic in a skillet over medium-low heat, breaking the meat apart as it cooks. Cook for about 6–7 minutes, or until the beef is cooked through and the onion has softened. Drain if needed.
- Grease a 13×9-inch baking dish. Unroll the pizza crust into the dish and gently press it up the sides about ½ inch.
- Bake the crust for 5–7 minutes, following the temperature and instructions on the pizza crust package.
- Remove the crust from the oven. Spread the cheese soup evenly over the crust.
- Top with the drained diced tomatoes, cooked ground beef mixture, shredded cheddar cheese and black olives.
- Return the pizza to the oven and continue baking for the remaining time listed on the pizza crust package, or until the crust is cooked through and the cheese is melted.
- Let it sit for a few minutes before slicing and serving.
How We Change It Up
This is one of those recipes where there really aren’t any rules.
Want bacon cheeseburger pizza?
Add some cooked, crumbled bacon before baking.
Want a taco-style pizza?
Use nacho cheese soup instead of regular cheese soup and add some taco seasoning to the ground beef while it cooks.
You could also leave off the olives, add more cheese, or use ground turkey instead of ground beef.
That’s part of what makes this a good back pocket dinner. You can work with what you have.
More Back Pocket Dinners
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oh man have to try this babe…wow….just wow…I think we would all eat this… going to pin this babe